About block 972,548
Bitcoin block 972,548 was mined by OCEAN on October 22, 2026 at 12:38 AM UTC, 28 min 20 s after block 972,547. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,160 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.6% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.33 sat/vB, down from 4.58 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0433 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1683 BTC for this block.
Block 972,548 is number 837 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,179 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,452 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. OCEAN found 32 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3 confirmations.